Online 198.73.57.178:28025 checked 7m ago
El Goon Server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 30 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 19 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 25 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 19 Sep, 17:10 UTC39d ago | 5 | – | running | 2 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server details
Is El Goon Server online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at El Goon Server: online as you read this. About 18 days 6 hours ago is when it restarted, judging by its reported uptime. 167 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 19 September 2026.
Does El Goon Server run smoothly?
98 server fps on average over 48 hours, and never under 85. Up to 70,483 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. Memory use reached 5,344 MB. A climbing entity count plus low fps: that is lag, as players experience it.
Which Rust version is El Goon Server on?
Windows carries Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 at El Goon Server. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is El Goon Server located?
No region is published by El Goon Server. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. The address you connect to is 198.73.57.178:28025.
Lists and filters
What do the server tags on El Goon Server mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp30 (Max players): The cap is 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs164530 (Build): Build number: 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded are the tags El Goon Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include El Goon Server?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include El Goon Server are: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
Which map is running on El Goon Server?
The procedural map on El Goon Server is size 3,500, generated by the game from seed 648252. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here.
What are the rules and settings on El Goon Server?
The name of El Goon Server does not say what the gather rate is. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. build, gather and raid in the standard game: that is the survival game mode. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. It runs plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Live counts
What is the population on El Goon Server at the moment?
The board shows El Goon Server at 0 players, with 30 slots in total. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
Where does El Goon Server sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put El Goon Server at #15,326 on player hours: top 69% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on El Goon Server?
To tell its rhythm, more of El Goon Server's wipes need to be on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 39 days 20 hours ago, its current world was made.
What does wipe day look like on El Goon Server?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 5 players. The crowd reached its peak 25 hours after the latest wipe.
Connect
How do I join El Goon Server?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 198.73.57.178:28025. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp30
ts8
v2633
cs164530
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.